I Don't Know How I Feel About This

Not to go all "Dawson's Creek" all over your asses, but I really don't know how I feel about this cover.  I've been going back and forth since I heard it on Thursday.

So, I guess I'll go with the pros first.

1.  She doesn't drop an N-Bomb.  At least that I could tell.  There was one spot early where the sound was dropped, so I'm not 100% sure.

2.  She swears.  I honestly didn't think she would.  I love swearing, so that's a positive for me.

3.  She has some flow.

The cons:

1.  The Yankees hat.  It's not because I am a Red Sox fan, that sh!t is just played out unless you are actually a fan or at least from NYC.

2.  A few cringe-worthy moments, like throwing up the Jay-Z Roc symbol.  I wasn't feelign that.  Also, throwing the Fish Filet line to the audience and they didn't say anything.  Tough.

3.  Her guitar player.

Overall, I give her credit for giving it a shot, but I won't be downloading her version.



-Big Ran

Stuck In My Head

Say what you want about Kanye being a mega douche or Jay Z owning exactly one percent more of the New Jersey Nets than I do and naming his daughter Blue Ivy or some sh!t, but this CD they have out is straight fire.  No matter what though, don't forget that my man Fisticuff owns the streets.

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-Big Ran

Stuck In My Head - Otis Edition

Yo, happy b-day shout out to my dog, Otis.  For real, my dog, he's three today.

-Big Ran

Stuck In My Head - Thirsty Thursday Edition

I woke up with this one in my head.  Great jam and as you can tell, I kind of like The Black Keys.  Plus, when you have Todd Bridges in your video saying things like "I'm pretty sure God would consider it a sin not to glorify THAT ASS," you can't lose.  As a side note, the term "that ass" has to be one of the most important in hip hop/rap.  I love fitting "that ass" into as many normal conversations as possible.



This is played at the same exact time every day on my commute and there are so many NBA references, I figured KC would have to love it.



This one came up in a meeting yesterday.  I don't remember what prompted it, but three of us ended up singing it before the meeting started.

-Big Ran

Can't Tell Me Nothin'...**

So, I've been watching the news over the past few days & keeping up with Tropical Storm 'Lee' which has been bearing down on New Orleans. So, besides the obvious question of 'Why, after the complete devastation, death, and destruction of Hurricane Katrina, did people stay there and rebuild, thinking it would yield different results?'* (see note at the end for clarification), I started wondering WWKD if there is another bad situation down there. Yup! WWKD--What Will Kanye Do? I mean, in the aftermath of Katrina, he completely figured George W. out, and much to the dismay of Mike Myers, he shared his discovery on national television:



So, if now or in the near future there's another natural disaster in the Gulf Region, is everyone's favorite rapper going to declare that President Barack Obama also does not care about black people? I really hope he comes out with something like that---after all, Barack is half white, so be may be a racist just like G.W.B.... Plus, there is already bad blood between Kanye & Barack ever since he upstaged Taylor Swift during the VMAS....


And truthfully, there is NOTHING Kanye could say or do that would amaze me. But again, I suppose he's just 'misunderstood' and we should all be more accepting of him. Obviously his comments about Bush take the cake, but here other ridiculous rants & crazy comments by Kanye:










And, besides Barack Obama's comments, here are two of my other favorite celebrity reactions to his Taylor Swift VMA shenanigans:


*My money's on 50 here and always....


*Snoop is unreal....and I think he'd be just the one to administer the kick in the ass...

*(yes, I know it is a beautiful place and home to many people, but I just couldn't imagine rebuilding THERE after I lost everything and ran a pretty high risk of losing everything again at some point in the future seeing as though it is below sea level)

**The title of this post is a nod to one of Kanye's song titles....I'm so sharp!

-KC Jones